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Appropriations bills, which are outstanding and a separate interim bill to fund the government. the department of homeland security through february 8. now, democrats will try to put some pressure on senate republicans and say wait a minute. those are the same bills that you moved across the senate floor or in committee. we passed them here in the house. we dont we continue to fight about the department of homeland security and deal with it in february. lets reopen that part of the government. i...

>> well, i think they both have leverage. it is good that nancy pelosi made it back from hawaii. i hope she enjoyed her vacation, tan, rested and ready to negotiate hopefully. they both have leverage. nancy pelosi needs donald trump and donald trump needs nancy pelosi. she governed -- campaigned on an ambitious agenda. a lot of things she wants to get done and she cant get any of it done unless she is willing to negotiate with donald trump on his wall. she should be very happy that she has somet...

That wall, the brave men and women who defend it turned el paso, texas into a safer environment than washington dc. why would we not want that for the rest of the border and communities along the border. jillian: donald trump sent out a tweet, lets read it for the folks at home, quote, border security, shutdown is not where nancy pelosi wanted to start her tenure as speaker. lets make a deal. i know you say the president has already won in this situation. why do you say that? >> anybody who foll...

Thursday, democrats officially take over the house. in his new years message, the president hinting at the battles to come. >> its going to be a great year. complicated, but great. >> okay, a complicated year ahead. tara palmeri joins us now from the white house. and tara, the president meeting tomorrow with democratic leaders, but theyve made it very clear they will not fund his border wall? >> reporter: tom, with this new congress, the democrats gain even more leverage in the fight. the presid...

Hole. just as democrats tomorrow, i believe, yep, tomorrow, theyre taking control of the house. the reality is trumps my way or highway obsession with the wall has been, for months, nothing more than a fantasy. and a self-inflicted wound for himself and his party, the republican party. today, as john kellys final day as white house chief of staff, and hes talking. hes told the los angeles times a lot of stuff including the other day he said that the idea of a concrete wall on the border had been...

Control of the house tomorrow. theyre certainly not going to have any more leverage. i just think as we start to ramp up toward 2020 and the presidential campaign season, youre going to hear a lot of democrats starting to announce there are questions in washington about whether or not president trump will even be his partys candidate in 2020. whispers, i think thats what the mitt romney op-ed was about, sensing that the politics may have shifted. president trump did not close out 2018 very stron...

Maybe retribution for the u.s. capture of russian agent. >> it sounds like story beholden. >> we have the author of the plot to destroy democracy. how do you view the case? >> i have the unique position of having run a school. a school for special operations personnel who were at high risk of capture of this particular subject. what we call hostile government detention? its when a foreign government has decided to capture an american citizen and use them for leverage in a geo political game. tha...

For leverage for maria butina, the russian woman who recently pleaded guilty for failure to arrest a former agent. pauls brother said he was innocent is was in moscow for personal reasons. >> there is no way paul is a spy. he definitely wouldnt do anything to break the laws, and i cant imagine he would have broken spy laws in any country, let alone russia. >> secretary of state mike pompeo said this morning he will demand whelans immediate return if he finds the detention is not appropriate. w...

Moral equivalence here. everyone does it. here is a physical manifestation of it, a guy we just snatched here. >> paul whelans twin brother says that speculation is a waste of resources. >> the russians are one of the most sophisticated spy services in the world. they have a couple hundred years, at least, on the united states in this type of business. i wouldnt be a bit surprised if they are looking to grab some sort of person, perhaps for trade bait as we would say to get leverage over the uni...

Away with beer truck that there really isnt any relationship building leverage they would want to create out of letting up on him. >> and, of course, this is a different democratic party. this is the first day of president trumps next two years, which is an empowered democratic party with a position to have leverage they have not had previously in his presidency. and jim vandehei said its not the same democratic party as 2006. its not the same democratic party as 2018. this is a great particular...